There is no such thing as time

The New Year passed more quickly than everyone had suspected. Out of the short six days, two of them went to buy things they needed, and also to have their sizes measured for accurately fitting space suits. It would essentially mean that the 6 only had 4 days left until training began, which they were excited about but not as enthusiastic as the other ISSAFE Crew that came to train them.

"Well isn't this exciting! We get to train the new cadets!" A woman exclaimed. She skipped through the halls, going to the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility that was on the 5th floor. The others walked behind her, giggling.

"You'd think that in over 10 years she'd change, but she didn't," a male proceeded to say, walking next to another male. They smiled and laughed as the woman opened the door.

"It looks exactly the same here. They didn't change anything at all," the same woman said, sitting down on a chair that was in the middle of the floor.

"The new cadets should be here soon," the captain said, sitting on the floor in front of the other sitting woman. The others stood behind them, waiting.

"I am so scared…training starts today, I can't do this!" Phoenix exclaimed. She was having a meltdown, pacing back and forth in her room as she was tying her sweatpants.

"Phoenix, honey, calm down! It's okay! You'll be fine, we will all be fine," Jenn tried to reassure her.

"I CAN'T DO THIS! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO STAY A CAPTAIN!"

"Phoenix calm down! It's only the first day! You will be fine!" Silas grabbed Phoenix by the shoulders and stopped her from pacing back and forth. Alexander tied his shoes and then hopped up and down, using Dominique's shoulders for support.

"Come on, let's go," Silas said, grabbing Phoenix by the hand and walking through the halls. Everyone followed them, watching as Silas tried to cheer up Phoenix. They all laughed as Phoenix constantly kept dropping her head, Silas slapping his hand on his head.

"I wonder who'll be training us?" Jenn wondered, walking beside Dominique.

"Good question," Dominique said. They all continued walking, Silas and Phoenix waiting for the rest of the squad to get to the door.

"Alright, let us begin our first training day, I guess." Silas then opened the door, the 6 walking in and then him. They stood there, looking at all the space vehicles in front of them. Soon after, the other 6 came from around a space vehicle, looking at them.

"They're here!" the same woman exclaimed. She quickly walked up to the kids, standing in front of them as the others slowly walked up beside her.

Everyone looked startled, their eyes wide as well.

"W-What?" Sapphire stuttered.

"I think we should introduce ourselves before they think we're some serial killers that hide in the SVMF," the woman said, looking at Sapphire. Sapphire's eye twitched, her body becoming a bit cold. "I'll go first. I'm Zoe Adino, 32, my field is Chemistry, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 24 is logistics. It's a pleasure to meet all of you younglings!" Her attitude was uppity and her character seemed nice. She had a big smile on her face, pushing her glasses up and looking at all of them. She had long, wavy, brown hair that was in 2 braids, reaching down to her waist. She was tall, and her skin was a beautiful shade of dark caramel.

The next person cleared their throat, clapping their hands together while looking at the 6.

"I'm Angelo Baccay, 25, my field is Geology, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 24 is co-pilot." As he spoke, Jenn couldn't help but admire him. He was muscular and a bit tall with tanned skin and beautiful, brown eyes. She smiled and blushed, looking down as the next person began to speak.

"I'm Kai Caddel, 34, my field is Quantum Mechanics, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 24 is logistics." The man was tall, a little beard on his chin. He was buff, but not overly buff, and was the tallest out of everyone. His smile was sweet, and his eyes were a light brown.

"Uhm, I'm Sage Dillfiny, 28, my field is Astrophysics, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 24 is Pilot." Sage had long, curly, ginger hair, her eyes as green as Jenn's. She had freckles plastered all over her face in a shade of light brown, and she was built like a goddess. She also had a double piercing on her ears, where there was something that resembled a chain changing, with little stars and moons on them.

"I'm Absydi Garcia, 30, my field is Botany, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 24 is co-captain." The woman has long, wavy, black hair and big, brown eyes. She had a piercing as well, on her tongue, and even one on her nose.

"Lastly, I'm Sareah Zophelie 27, my field is Geology, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 24 is Captain. It's a pleasure to meet you all, and we're looking forward to training you all." The Captain was the most intriguing looking. She had short, brown hair, which most people think is boy's hair. She had a lip piercing and a tattoo on her neck, that went from the bottom of her ear to the beginning of her neckline on her shirt. She had hazel eyes and long black eyelashes. Phoenix looked at her and began blushing immensely, looking down just as Jenn was doing.

"Wait, no the Generals won't be training us?" Dominique asked. Jenn and Phoenix looked up.

"Well, not necessarily, no," Zoe said. She clapped her hands together and looked at everyone again, smiling, "It's kind of a tradition within ISSAFE that previous crews train the new crews. For us, we had crew number 23, and it goes on like that. You will do the same one day, but it'll be in a number of years."

"Oh, okay! Well then," Dominique said, looking down. Everyone stood quietly, waiting for one of them to say something.

"Would you like to introduce yourselves?" Angelo asked. Jenn immediately looked up, nodding her head.

"I'll go first. I'm Jenn Schneider, 12, my field is Botany, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 25 is logistics." Jenn smiled at them all, Absydi clapping.

"Yes! I guessed correctly. You look like you have a green thumb." Jenn smiled, giggling a bit.

"I'm Sapphire Everlot, 12, my field is Astrophysics, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 25 is logistics." Sapphire smiled, she and Sage made eye contact.

"I'm Silas Tremblay, 13, my field is Chemistry, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 25 is co-pilot." Silas nodded his head at Zoe, who was smiling widely from ear to ear.

"Oh I can't wait until we individually train!" she exclaimed, holding onto Sage's arm. Sage giggled, petting her arm.

"I'm Alexander Norway, 14, my fields are Mechanics and Genetic Biology, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 25 is pilot."

"Ah, there is our doubler. You have an interesting mixture of fields," Sareah said. Everyone nodded in agreement, smiling at Alexander. Alexander smiled back, nodding his head and looking at Dominique.

"Oh! I'm Dominique Willston, 15, my field is Geology, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 25 is co-captain." Dominique smiled, nodding his head at everyone.

"I'm Phoenix Everlot, 13, my field is Quantum Mechanics, and my job in ISSAFE Crew number 25 is Captain." Everyone looked at Phoenix and smiled, Zoe then looking at her and Sapphire.

"I'm guessing you two are sisters?" she asked, still holding onto Sage.

"Yes, we are. I'm older by a year," Phoenix replied, smiling a bit. Zoe nodded her head, then looked at Kai.

"Kai has an older sister part of crew 23. It's funny because she had to train him. They got the exact same things, both Quantum Mechanics and logistics," Angelo said, giggling to himself a bit. Jenn blushed again, admiring the man and having Sapphire elbow her to keep it together.

"Not many siblings get accepted into ISSAFE due to the fact that they're family. If they do accept a sibling, it would be rare that they let sisters close to the same age in--consider this rare for your crew," Absydi said, smiling and clapping her hands.

After the introductions, Sareah showed the crew around the SVMF as the others went to go and straighten up other spots, making sure everything was calibrated correctly and ready for mock-usage.

"You'll be in this area for about 2 months. This will get you used to space vehicles, so my Pilots please pay attention," she said in a stern voice. Phoenix and Dominique then pushed Silas and Alexander to the front, walking behind them with Jenn and Sapphire.

They followed directly behind the Captain, listening as she spoke and showed them different parts of the ships. It was then time to go in.

"Alright, your official training begins now," she said, smiling and letting them onto the ship, closing the door.